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THE TORONTO TRADITIONAL MASS SOCIETY - UNA VOCE TORONTO - since 2004 has been a Chapter of the VTMS in Vancouver -- a Member of Foederatio Internationalis Una Voce--FIUV. We are a lay movement of Catholics dedicated to the development of the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite in the Archdiocese of Toronto and its suffragan dioceses for the restoration of Catholic piety and culture.

Friday, October 20, 2017

The question of the qualifications for the Subdeacon in a Solemn Mass continue to be raised and the need for clarity is important. Some are very confused, there is no need to be.

The Subdeacon was abolished along with the minor orders of Porter and Exorcist by Paul VI. The Lector and Acolyte were retained and part of the process of seminarian development on the journey to the priesthood. The clerical state does not formally begin until the Diaconate. The vision of Paul VI was that since the Subdeacon was not formally the clerical ordained state, it was still, technically speaking, a layperson. A seminarian is still today, a layman until diaconal ordination. Paul VI left open the possibility, and perhaps hope, that lay people would be formally "instituted" as Lectors and Acolytes for parish life. This has happened in the Diocese of Lincoln and as far as we can tell, nowhere else.

During the period of the traditional Mass growth under the old "indults" of Pope John Paul II, the Subdeacon was not a particular pressing issue. The Mass was generally celebrated as a Read, or Low Mass and sometimes sung. This is particularly true outside the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter and even in their case, outside their seminary or large parishes, they would not have generally offered Solemn Mass.

Let us be clear, the Mass should always be Solemn, the Sung Mass and Read Mass came about as exceptions. A decade now after Summorum Pontificum we've seen much growth of the traditional Mass and the desire for people to have Solemn Mass.

Now here is where we get into a problem and what can be called a creeping modernism by those influenced by the ever changing liturgical dynamic of most parishes and the options of the revised modernist Roman Missal.

After 1962, an option was created for a "semi-solemn" Mass with a deacon undertaking the sub deacon responsibilities. There also began, after 1965, an abhorrent thing called a "straw" Subdeacon, a layman, without maniple and with some other changes, serving as such. After Summorum Pontificum, this practice began to take hold again.

After questions, the Congregation for the Discipline of the Sacraments issued a statement that those men "clothed" in seminary, could fulfil the duties. This was fairly and legitimately given broad interpretation. What did "clothed" mean? For a short period of time then, it was tolerated for a seminarian to serve as Subdeacon.

In 2013, a formal instruction was issued prohibiting this. The Subdeacon, could be in seminary or theoretically, could be a married man with a family, but he must be a formally Instituted Lector and an Instituted Acolyte.

Period!

It behooves everyone associated with working toward liturgical restoration and involvement in the traditional Latin Mass to follow what is expected. The great danger is for incrementalism or "gradualism" and the "novus ordo mentality" to take hold within the traditional Latin Mass. It must be resisted and rebuked at every turn whether globally with the suggestion of the new lectionary supplanting the traditional to the local level and parishes or groups of people who associate together for the purpose of organising a Mass.

There is no such thing as a "straw Subdeacon." It does not exist, those who insist it does and that any layman, including a seminarian not formally instituted are wrong.If it is not possible to properly offer a Solemn Mass in accord with the rubrics and norms it should simply not be done and a Sung Mass should be done it its place.

Cost is $20 pre sale and $25 at the door. Cost includes lunch and donation to Fr Collins grotto being built.

Children under 16 are free so bring the whole family! We will have babysitters available during the conferences and ask for donations for them.

Fr Shannon Collins to speak on Fatima...title of talk: Our Lady of Fatima: Queen of the Holy Rosary and Queen of Families...

bio...

Fr. Shannon Collins was born in 1964 and is a native of Cohasset, MA. After undergraduate and graduate work in history and education, he taught in Catholic schools for a number of years. Having completed his seminary training at St. Philip Neri Seminary in Toronto, Ontario, he was ordained to the priesthood on June 10, 2000.

He has appeared on EWTN and had previously served as chaplain for the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament of Our Lady of the Angels Monastery in Hanceville, Alabama. Father is currently a traditional religious priest under Bishop Roger Foys of Covington, Kentucky. He is the pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes Personal Parish which acts as an ecclesial home for those attached to the Traditional Latin Mass. He is also a co-founder of the Missionaries of St. John the Baptist, a private religious association.

Fr. Sean Kopczynski, MSJB

Talk Title: The Old Mass: Treasure and Tradition

Bio:

Father Sean Kopczynski, MSJB was born and raised in Montana. As a young man he pursued a career in engineering by attending undergraduate and graduate studies at Montana State and Oregon State Universities. God, however, had other plans for Fr. Sean. On August 15, 1991, while attending Mass he perceived a call to leave his worldly pursuits and sacrifice his life for Christ and His Church. After a period of study, prayer and struggling with God, he obeyed the call to abandon his engineering career and enter religious life with the Fathers of Mercy, eventually professing perpetual vows of poverty, chastity and obedience on August 15, 1996. He was ordained to the priesthood on June 10, 2000.

Fr. Sean has served as a parish priest, a missionary, and also as a chaplain to Discalced Carmelite Nuns. Since the beginning of 2011 Fr. Sean has been working on a project of restoration in the religious life as well as the Sacred Liturgy under the direction of Bishop Roger J. Foys of Covington, KY. He is a co-founder of a Traditional Latin Mass community known as the Missionaries of St. John the Baptist. He is also the associate pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes Latin Mass Parish in Park Hills, KY.

Saturday, April 29, 2017

May 13 is the 100th anniversary of the appearance of the Mother of Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Mother of God at Fatima, Portugal. In the traditional calendar, May 13 is the Feast (3rd class) of St. Robert Bellarmine. In the new calendar for the Novus Ordo Missae, it is the "Optional Memorial" of Our Lady of Fatima. An "Optional Memorial" is just that, the priest can choose the text for Our Lady of Fatima or the Ferial. The traditional calendar was never updated liturgically to recognise the appearance of Our Lady at Fatima.In the Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum, Pope Benedict XVI made possible the updating of the traditional Mass calendar of 1961 to include more current feasts and saints. Recently, the Pontifical Council Ecclesia Dei in the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith decreed that Our Lady of Fatima could be celebrated on May 13 in the traditional Mass. How appropriate then that the first change should be for Our Lady and in 2017, to recognise the 100th anniversary of her appearance at Fatima.The text of the Mass is the Votive Mass of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (August 22) with the double Alleluia for Paschaltide. The feast of St. Robert Bellarmine will be commemorated, meaning the Collect, Secret and Postcommunion will be doubled to include those from both Masses.Una Voce Toronto is very grateful to the pastor and parish of St. Mary's Polish Roman Catholic Church for the opportunity to celebrate this great day.We ask you to be generous at the collection as the funds will be used by the parish for sanctuary renovations.Our Lady of Fatima, pray for us.

Let us review some terms and basic rubrics for
the Traditional Latin Mass, also known in modernist terms as the Extraordinary
Form of the Roman Rite. There is charity in truth and there is peace and unity in truth. There is no charity in silence and appeasement.

Read Mass or Missa Lecta

Commonly referred to as “Low” Mass, the Mass is
more properly referred to as a “Read Mass.” This comes from its Latin name,
Missa Lecta. The Mass, in history, would have always been Solemn (see below),
but as parishes and villages developed away from monasteries and cathedrals; and as mendicant Orders journeyed to preach, priests would desire to
offer the Holy Sacrifice for themselves and the souls they found on their journeys. The Missa
Lecta was developed for this purpose. It is a quiet and contemplative Mass with
one server only, though two can be “tolerated.” The Mass is entirely in Latin, though, in
accord with the legitimate Law as prescribed by Pope Benedict XVI, in Universae Ecclesiae the Lesson(s),
Epistle and Gospel may be said in the vernacular from an approved translation
at the time (1962) from the Altar without first being read in Latin. There is
normally no music permitted.

Read Mass with Music

Music is not permitted in a Read Mass except in
specific circumstances. In fact, a more proper word than permitted would be tolerated, in its classic sense. One may have an organ prelude or postlude and organ
music at the Offertory or during Communion in those times of the year where
organ music is not prohibited. No solo organ music is permitted in the Mass
during Advent, except on Gaudete Sunday or in the season of Lent on Laetare Sunday. No
solo organ music is permitted under anytime at a Requiem Mass. Organ music may
be used at a Requiem Mass only to support the singing and only if absolutely
necessary to even do that. Music or, hymn sinning may be used at a Read
Mass in the following manner. A hymn may be sung as a processional and the
recessional and these may be in the vernacular. A Latin hymn may be sung at the
Offertory and the Communion but it may not be the text of the Proper of the
Mass which must be read by the priest aloud and heard by the faithful in
attendance. A hymn may be sung in the vernacular at the Offertory and Communion
provided it is connected with the liturgical action. For example, the Offertory
hymn could be, “See Us Lord, About Your Altar,” or, “Lord, Accept the Gifts We
Offer.” At Communion, the hymn, if in the vernacular, must be a hymn to the
Blessed Sacrament or be a hymn of Thanksgiving. The Gloria and Credo cannot be sung at a Read
Mass. A Kyrie, Sanctus and Agnus Dei may
be sung if it is short, for example, Mass XVI or Mass XVIII, never Mass IX per
se. All singing must conclude so that the action of the Priest is not delayed
and the audible texts are not covered by music. The Priest does not sing the
Collect or Postcommunion nor any other oration, nor does he chant in any way the
salutations, nor do the people respond in chant. These are only said.

Sung Mass—or Missa Canata or Solemn Mass—Missa Solemnis

All Propers must be sung, there are no
exceptions. The Epistle and Gospel must be sung, there are no exceptions. All salutations
and response are sung, there are no exceptions. If the priest cannot sing the
melismatic tones of the Lesson, Epistle or Gospel, then he can chant them recto tono, on the same note. If the Schola cannot manage to sing the Proper
chants with the melisma, then it is permissible to sing them in psalm tone, or
recto tono. They can also be sung in Polyphony when considered appropriate. At
the Offertory and Communion, Latin motets or hymns can also be sung, but only
after the Proper Antiphon.

Requiem Mass

The musical rubrics apply to a Requiem Mass as
to the degree above.

Holy Mother Church has determined the above
rubrics in order to ensure the proper dignity of the Mass. When we work within
the Laws of the Church, there is peace and understanding and serene
contemplation of the holy actions taking place before us.

When we deviate from these for pastoral or
other reasons or through pressure, we create confusion and disunity and distress and these are not
from the Holy Spirit; we insert our own desired into the liturgy, where it does
not belong. None of us are masters of the Liturgy of God, we are the servants. We
must do our work in truth and humility, we must submit to the mind of the
Church and we must reject any inculturation and pastoral provision that
deviates from the truth.At no time is a guitar permitted during a Traditional Latin Mass. There is no evidence that Fr. Franz Gruber, S.J. ever permitted Stille Nacht on guitar at a Midnight Mass due to a broken organ. This is “fake news.”

At no time is it permitted to sing anything in the vernacular in a Sung or Solemn Mass. Any reference to what occurred between the great wars in Europe in Germany, Belgium or Holland should be understood in the context of dissent and diabolical disorientation that lead to the complete upheaval of the holy liturgy.Lest one doubt the above. Be assured that every educated Catholic in proper Church music and liturgy according to its venerable tradition is aware of these rubrics and knows where to find the sources. Let those who labour for the love of true worship of the LORD in the timeless liturgy understand the need to maintain consistency, peace and serenity in the work before us. This peace and serenity can only be achieved if we work within that which we are given. By humbling ourselves to the timelessness, we will achieve peace in our work. It is when deviations occur that we bring disunity and cognitive dissonance to the holy work before us.

Sunday, December 4, 2016

The Toronto Traditional Mass Society - UNA VOCE TORONTO, announces a number of Masses for the Advent season some of which are regularly
scheduled, and some which are specifically organised by the Society.

On every Sunday in the Archdiocese of Toronto, there are
four Masses offered in the Traditional Rite at diocesan parishes. In addition,
the Society of St. Pius X offers three Masses at its Toronto Chapel and one in
Orillia.

Diocesan

St. Patrick's Schomberg

9:00 A.M. Sung Mass

Oratory Church of St.Vincent de Paul

9:30 A.M. Read (Low) Mass

Oratory Church of the Holy Family

11:00 A.M. Solemn Mass

St. Lawrence the Martyr, Scarbrough

1:00 P.M. Read Mass with music

Society of St. Pius X

Church of the Transfiguration Toronto

8:00 A.M. Read Mass

10:30 A.M. Sung Mass

5:00 P.M. Read Mass

Church of the Canadian Martyrs Orillia

10:00 A.M.

There are three particular outside of Sunday to which we draw your attention.

This coming Thursday, December 8, is the Feast of the
Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. There will be varied
traditional Mass locations in diocesan churches in Toronto plus the SSPX.

Two more that you should note and attend.

Saturday, December 10 at 9:00 A.M. at St. Mary's Polish
Roman Catholic Church on Davenport Road in Toronto; a Read Rorate Mass with
Music. While the old "custom" was to start before daybreak, that is
not a liturgical rubric. The pastor at the parish offers the traditional Mass
every Saturday at 9:00 A.M. and will offer here, the Votive Mass for Our Lady
in Advent.

The next Saturday, December 17, is the Ember. There will be
a Sung Mass at the Carmel in Mississauga. An incredible
liturgy that is rarely, if every sung with its multiple Lessons and Graduals
culminating in the sung Canticle of the Three Children from the fiery furnace
in Babylon.

Leave the shopping. Leave the insanity of our secular and
grotesque and hostile Toronto. Get thee to a Latin Mass and get back to God
this Advent!

Tuesday, October 25, 2016

Toronto Cardinal Thomas Christopher Collins will, for the second time, be present at a Solemn Mass according to the traditional Latin rite. In June of 2014, Cardinal Collins presided at a Solemn Mass on the Vigil of Pentecost and in commemoration of the 75th anniversary of Monsignor Vincent Foy. Msgr. Foy is still with us and is now 101! Now, after the rededication of St. Michael's Cathedral and its recognition as a Basilica, Cardinal Collins will preach the Homily at a Solemn Mass to be celebrated on the traditional Feast of Christ the King. The Priest, Deacon and Subdeacon are all diocesan priests of the Archdiocese of Toronto.May the Lord abundantly bless Cardinal Collins.On behalf of the Toronto Traditional Mass Society-Una Voce Toronto, thank you Cardinal Collins for your support of the traditional Latin Mass. We also thank the organisers of this Mass and congratulate the St. Patrick's Gregorian Choir for their work at this Mass and on their anniversary.

Saturday, August 27, 2016

The Toronto Traditional Mass Society - Una Voce Toronto is established to promote the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite, (the Traditional Catholic Latin Mass) and Gregorian chant in the Archdiocese of Toronto.

Abbé Joseph Heppelle is the eldest of eight from a home-schooled family here in the Archdiocese. He grew up serving and singing the chant for the Traditional Roman Liturgy. He is studying for the Catholic priesthood at the Institute of Christ the King, Sovereign Priest Seminary of St. Philip Neri in Gricigliano, Italy. Abbé Heppelle is now a Subdeacon having been ordained in July 2016.

This is the fourth year now that we have assisted in fundraising for Abbé Heppelle. Seminary cost is expensive as you can imagine and challenging in that all his classes are in French and Italian.

Please give consideration to donating for this young-man's education as he prepares to serve Jesus Christ, Sovereign Priest and His One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church and the community of faithful which belong to Her.

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To advocate for the celebration of the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite.
To promote the celebration of the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite throughout the Archdiocese of Toronto.
To encourage every priest in the Archdiocese of Toronto to celebrate the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite in their parishes.
To advocate for a “personal parish” under the provisions of the motu proprio Summorum Pontificum for the exclusive use of the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite.
To contribute to the maintenance and development of the liturgy through the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite in the Archdiocese of Toronto and its suffragan dioceses through positive and concrete initiatives including prayer, education and promotion and contribute to a restoration of Catholic culture and tradition.
To serve the Church by helping the members of Una Voce Toronto and, through their apostolate, all the Christifideles better to understand, and more fruitfully to participate in, the Catholic liturgy as a sacred action in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite.